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🇮🇹 Italian · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tony Comes Home

Meet an emigrant back in the village after thirty years, and say where you come from and that you have come back, with the past made with essere: sono tornato, sono tornata.

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THE STORY

Tony, back from America for the summer, meets Laura in the square of Fontelupo.

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Ciao! Sei americana anche tu?chow, say ah-meh-ree-KAH-nah AHN-keh tooHi! Are you American too? To a woman, a friend.
Sì, sono di Boston. E tu?see, SOH-noh dee BOH-stohn, eh tooYes, I'm from Boston. And you? To a friend.
Vengo dall'America. Sono tornato a casa.VEHN-goh dahl-lah-MEH-ree-kah, SOH-noh tor-NAH-toh ah KAH-zahI come from America. I've come back home. As a man.
Sono tornata.SOH-noh tor-NAH-tahI've come back. As a woman.
Dall'America.dahl-lah-MEH-ree-kahFrom America.
Tornato? Quando sei partito?tor-NAH-toh, KWAHN-doh say pahr-TEE-tohCome back? When did you leave? To a man, a friend.
Trent'anni fa. Mio padre è di qui.trehn-TAHN-nee fah, MEE-oh PAH-dreh eh dee kweeThirty years ago. My father is from here.
Trent'anni.trehn-TAHN-neeThirty years.
Anche mia nonna è di qui!AHN-keh MEE-ah NOHN-nah eh dee kweeMy grandmother is from here too!
Allora siamo tutti di Fontelupo!ahl-LOH-rah SYAH-moh TOOT-tee dee fohn-teh-LOO-pohThen we're all from Fontelupo!

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